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1. Free trade deal is a major threat to UK public health, warn experts

   Professor Mark Bellis, Public Health Institute LJMU, and colleagues concerned about smoking, drinking and diet in Britain after post-Brexit deal

2. Expressions of interest welcomed for multiple Academic Board vacancies

   The Secretariat is now seeking expressions of interest from eligible LJMU staff to serve on the Academic Board and to take up their roles in September.

3. Founders' Day dinner to mark LJMU 200

   Distinguished guests and friends of the university were invited to a Founders’ Day dinner at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral yesterday evening, Thursday 6 July, to commemorate LJMU’s Bicentenary.

4. Neanderthals did not bury dead with flowers - research

   Professor Chris Hunt's research at Shanidar Cave in Iraq indicates early Man had strong burial rituals

5. Mind the GaP!

   Time is rapidly running out for Principal Investigators to be trained on the new Grants and Projects (GaP) system. It has been agreed by the University that any bids for external funding (research and enterprise activity) from April 2020 will need to be set up by the Principal Investigator on the GaP system, so its important that you book onto training ASAP.

6. Christmas closure and support services over the festive break

   The university will close at 5pm on Thursday 23 December and reopen at 9am on Tuesday 4 January. The Student Life Building will be open 24/7 throughout the festive break including on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.

7. PFAS: you can’t smell, see or taste these chemicals, but they are everywhere – and they’re highly toxic to humans

   Dr Patrick Byrne, Reader in Hydrology and Environmental Pollution, writes in The Conversation on the growing dangers of 'forever chemicals' - PFAs - in our water resources.

8. LightNight 2019 – Rituals – A free one-night arts festival

   Celebrating it's 10th anniversary LightNight returns on Friday 17 May 2019, unlocking the doors of Liverpool’s best-loved and lesser-known arts, culture and heritage venues late into the night.

9. European project 'opens new doors' to migrant identification

   Face Lab at centre of new technologies to name migrant victims

10. Move over Sir Alan Sugar: Graduate start-ups on the rise at LJMU

    The number of active Graduate Start Ups are still on the rise at LJMU according to the latest annual Higher Education – Business and Community Interaction survey (HE-BCI).